The quick re-shoots, at a reported cost of $10 million (£7.4 million), will allow the film to meet its planned release on December 22 in the US, to be eligible for awards consideration, and January 5 in the UK.

The film, about the kidnapping of Getty’s 16-year-old grandson in 1973, also stars Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg.

Williams plays the younger Getty’s mother, who desperately tried to convince the billionaire oil tycoon to pay the ransom.